Is it ok if your rod changes color?

[hornedogg79]

Would you run this rod or go see a doctor?



Everything is smooth, tight, and quiet except for the front bearing which i can swap. Front cylinder had no compression and it obviously got very hot. Curious how some of you would handle this. I know what my brother from another mother (Mr. HO Thanh Che) would do.

 

[WFO Speedracer]

Only if you are a Horndogg, sorry but I had to be said.

 

[Myself]

The bearings themselves don't look discolored. See if a wire wheel takes the color off. If it does, then it was just the hot oil residue leaving the funky color deposited ONTO the rod.

 

[kevbo]

Its the dye in the oil.

 

[brapperdoodle]

Those thrust washers look totally fine... I'd probably run it as long as the side clearance is in spec!

 

[Storbeck]

I'd run it in a motor I don't care about very much, I wouldn't run it in a motor that would upset me if there were needle bearings bouncing around. No idea if there's anything actually wrong with it, but that's how I would rest easy.

 

[Myself]

Wire Wheel might contaminate the Bearings by slinging Metal Particles or bits of Wire into the Bearing...

Why would Dye only stain one end of the Rod?

I should have specified........a brass or aluminum wheel, NOT steel......unless it's aa fine/soft one.

 

[kevbo]

Wire Wheel might contaminate the Bearings by slinging Metal Particles or bits of Wire into the Bearing...

Why would Dye only stain one end of the Rod?

I dont exactly know. I did a long tern oil test with Citgo oil and it turned one side of the rods dark purple and the other side looked like new.